Abstract
submissions are now being accepted for presentation at the 2013
International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) Conference to be
held in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 12-13, 2013. The theme for this
year's conference- Translating Research and Surveillance into
Action- will focus on strategies for incorporating the latest in
biosurveillance approaches, methodologies, and results into
evidence-based public health practices, programs, and policies.
Submissions that address the conference theme, i.e. the effective
transfer of evidence to inform public health, and/or international
surveillance and collaboration are especially encouraged.
The
ISDS conference is the premier annual scientific gathering for
researchers and practitioners in public health, epidemiology, health
policy, biostatistics and mathematical modeling, informatics, computer
science, and related fields focused on biosurveillance and emerging
challenges to public health practice. The 2013 ISDS Conference will
feature internationally renowned speakers from health departments,
leading academic institutions, government agencies, international health
agencies and top industrial organizations.
Abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2013 ISDS Conference will be published in a special supplement of the
Online Journal of Public Health Informatics.
Discipline-Specific Themes
Analytical Methods: This
theme is focused on important and novel advances in the field of
surveillance methodologies and analytical approaches. Abstracts in this
category may describe methods used in a production-type environment,
still under development, or which have been tested only in a research
setting.
Informatics: Abstracts
in this category may describe informatics practices used in a
production-type environment, still under development, or which have been
tested only in a research setting.
Policy (at local, state, federal, international levels):
Topics include, but are not limited to: legal/ethical/security/privacy
issues in surveillance; Meaningful Use (U.S. policy) impact on public
health departments; policies around social media/leveraging social
networks for risk communication; and International Health Regulations
(2005).
Public health/population health surveillance practice:
This
discipline is focused on improving the daily processes of
surveillance, outbreak investigation, management, and response.
Abstracts in this category may describe practices used in a production
environment by public health departments or other agencies or describe
evaluations of public health surveillance, health systems research,
etc.
Presentation Types
Oral: Oral presentations will be allotted 15 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for questions.
Poster: Posters
are the preferred format for presenting preliminary research and
results of small-scale studies; describing experimental
projects/programs or works-in-progress; and reporting system
descriptions. Poster sessions are designed to offer direct access to the
authors in a way not possible through oral presentations.
Panel: Panel presentations are the preferred format for deeper discussions of an issue or question.
These sessions are typically more interactive than oral presentations,
involving active discussion among the panelists and the audience.
Roundtable: The goal of a roundtable is to encourage discussion rather than be a presentation/didactic session. The leader should be a knowledgeable and engaging person who can help stimulate a lively discussion.
Lightning Talk *New for 2013*: We
are introducing a new format this year, which we hope will enable more
participation from conference attendees. These Lightning Sessions are
designed to facilitate the speedy sharing of recent research, theory,
publications, works-in-progress, projects, applications or experiences pertaining to any aspect of the science or practice of surveillance. Each speaker has just 5 minutes for their talk and must submit no more than 5 slides prior to the conference.
The 5 minutes must be strictly adhered to, and will be timed by means of a countdown timer, which the session moderator will control.
Presentation Categories
How To: This
presentation style is focused on explaining the step-by-step process
for accomplishing a task in practice, with the objective that
participants will be able to learn how to implement the processes
presented. Examples include sharing code for a visualization; how to
monitor data quality in a system; how to translate ICD-9 to ICD-10
codes; how to geographically visualize data; how to conduct cluster
detection, etc.
Lessons Learned: This
presentation style is focused on projects that have already been
implemented. It provides an opportunity for presenters to share their
experiences with peers.
Future Concepts and Ideas: This
presentation style is focused on projects that are in progress, or to
showcase ideas for future projects for discussion feedback.
For details, please click here.
Abstract Submission Deadline: September 9, 2013
